history chp twenty
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- Where was the Age of Enlightenment centered?
- France
- Whose work greatly influenced thinkers of the Enlightenment?
- Newton
- Who contributed to the Encyclopedie?
- Denis Diderot, Baron de Montesquieu
- Which rulers made an attempt to practice some of the new political ideas in the Enlightenment?
- Maria Theresa, Joseph II of Austria, Frederick II of Prussia
- Where did artists, musicians, and writers get their ideas from?
- Greeks & Romans
- Who were Count von Zinzendorf and John Wesley?
- led a religious movement with more feeling than Deism
- theories that attempted to explain facts
- hypotheses
- Francis Bacon
- scientific method *find out more about him
- Rene Descartes
- scientific method *find out more about him
- What happened during the Scientific Revolution?
- - new scientific institutions set up - lectures, manuals publicized latest advances - witchcraft accusations die down - Drs. promote scientific diagnosis & attack healers' methods
- The British marched to ___ to seize colonial arms.
- Concord
- At ___ the British encountered a force of minutemen & the first shot was fired.
- Lexington
- Who appointed G. Washington head of the army and sent what proposal to King ____?
- Second Continental Congress...Olive Branch Petition...King George III
- What convinced the French to join the American Revolution?
- the colonists' victory at Saratoga
- What was the last battle of the American Revolution?
- Yorktown
- What kind of gov't did America first set up?
- a confederation (loose union of states)
- Whose writings influenced the authors of the Constitution?
- Montesqieu (3 branches of gov't idea)
- The return of the House of Stuart to the throne is known as the ____.
- Restoration
- return of House of Stuart to throne is known as the ____
- Restoration
- ____ passed the ____ which reinstated the ____ as England's religon
- Parliament...Clarendon Code...Church of England
- With the new powers of parliament, England's form of gov't became a ____
- constitutional monarchy
- 2 new political parties in England & their views
- - Whigs: against James II - Tories: for James II
- What was hebeas corpus?
- established by Parliament; said people could not be held in prison without just cause
- overthrow of James II is known as ____
- Glorius Revolution
- James II ignored Parliament's religious laws and appointed ____ to gov't positions.
- Catholics
- The ____, passed by Parliament in 1689, further limited the powers of the king and guaranteed invid. rights
- Bill of Rights
- The ____ excluded Catholics from inheriting the throne
- Act of Settlement
- The ____ unified England and ____ into the nation called ____
- Act of Union...Scotland...Great Britain
- King George I's native language was ____
- German
- George I relied on ____, who as head of the ____ became the first ____.
- Walpole...cabinet...prime minister
- What did Immanuel Kant believe?
- people are constantly in a state of hostility
- True or False: James I believed in divine right
- True, he conflicted with Parliament
- What was one of James I's biggest problems?
- He had to keep asking Parliament for $$ until finally they refused & he resorted to taxes, etc.
- What did King James think about criticizers of the church?
- They were not loyal
- Did James' son, Charles, support Puritans?
- No, he also opposed the Puritans.
- What did Charles want $$ for? Did Parliament agree?
- war with Spain/France...no